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"The massive gray walls of the temples rise from the
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Heart of every federation city. I have always been awed
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By them, to think that every single facet of every life is
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Regulated and directed from within. Our books, our music,
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Our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent
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Wisdom of the priests"
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We've taken care of everything
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The words you hear the songs you sing
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The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
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It's one for all and all for one
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We work together common sons
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Never need to wonder how or why
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We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
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We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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All the gifts of life are held within our walls
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Look around this world we made
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Equality our stock in trade
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Come and join the Brotherhood of Man
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Oh what a nice contented world
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Let the banners be unfurled
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Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand
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We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
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We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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All the gifts of life are held within our walls
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"Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little
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Room that was hidden beneath the cave,
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I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years,
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And picked it up, holding it reverently in
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My hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was
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Beautiful"
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"I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn
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The keys to make them sound differently. As I struck the
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Wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious
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Sounds, and soon my own music. How different it could
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Be from the music of the Temples, I can't wait to tell the
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Priests about it"
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What can this strange device be?
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When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
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It's got wires that vibrate and give music
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What can this thing be that I found?
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See how it sings like a sad heart
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And joyously screams out its pain
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Sounds that build high like a mountain
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Or notes that fall gently like rain
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I can't wait to share this new wonder
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The people will all see its light
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Let them all make their own music
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The priests praise my name on this night
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"In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up
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To a circle of grim, expressionless faces. Father Brown
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Rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed
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Throughout the silent Temple Hall"
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"Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were
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Words of quiet rejection! Instead of praise, sullen
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Dismissal. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown
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Ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his
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Feet"
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I know it's most unusual
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To come before you so
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But I've found an ancient miracle
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I thought that you should know
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Listen to my music
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And hear what it can do
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There's something here as strong as life
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I know that it will reach you
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Yes, we know it's nothing new
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It's just a waste of time
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We have no need for ancient ways
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The world is doing fine
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Another toy will help destroy
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The elder race of man
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Forget about your silly whim
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It doesn't fit the plan
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I can't believe you're saying
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These things just can't be true
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Our world could use this beauty
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Just think what we might do
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Listen to my music
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And hear what it can do
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There's something here as strong as life
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I know that it will reach you
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Don't annoy us further
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We have our work to do
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Just think about the average
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What use have they for you?
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Another toy will help destroy
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The elder race of man
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Forget about your silly whim
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It doesn't fit the plan
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"I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so
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Vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the
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Oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase"
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"I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities
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And the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works
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Of this world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and
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Understanding as I saw a completely different way to life,
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A way that had been crushed by the federation long ago. I
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Saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss
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Of all these things"
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I wandered home though the silent streets
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And fell into a fitful sleep
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Escape to realms beyond the night
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Dream can't you show me the light?
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I stand atop a spiral stair
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An oracle confronts me there
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He leads me on light years away
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Through astral nights, galactic days
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I see the works of gifted hands
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That grace this strange and wondrous land
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I see the hand of man arise
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With hungry mind and open eyes
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They left the planet long ago
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The elder race still learn and grow
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Their power grows with purpose strong
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To claim the home where they belong
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Home, to tear the temples down, home, to change
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"I have not left this cave for days now, it has become
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My last refuge in my total despair. I have only the music of
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The waterfall to comfort me now. I can no longer live
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Under the control of the federation, but there is no other
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Place to go. My last hope is that with my death I may pass
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Into the world of my dream, and know peace at last"
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The sleep is still in my eyes
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The dream is still in my head
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I heave a sigh and sadly smile
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And lie a while in bed
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I wish that it might come to pass
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Not fade like all my dreams
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Just think of what my life might be
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In a world like I have seen
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I don't think I can carry on
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Carry on this cold and empty life
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Oh no, my spirits are low in the depths of despair
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My lifeblood spills over
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Attention all planets of the solar federation
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Attention all planets of the solar federation
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Attention all planets of the solar federation
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We have assumed control
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We have assumed control
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We have assumed control
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